Is this Aptasia???

[jabberwock]

My thoughts also. Why risk it. If you can’t confirm 110% what it is (although it certainly looks like one I’d remove immediately upon spotting it) why would you risk your entire tank?

The species was not confirmed until 2023. It was a risk, but one I was willing to accept. I think it was the correct decision for me. I've lost tanks before.

 

[jabberwock]

Did it come in from live rock from gulf or TBS?

Tampa Bay Saltwater. They gave an ID pretty quickly. I trust them.

 

[DDenny]

I have the same think in mine from Gulf Live Rock. Been debating as well at first was thinking lightbulb but now thinking curlique at least on mine which looks exactly like yours.

 

[jabberwock]

I have the same think in mine from Gulf Live Rock. Been debating as well at first was thinking lightbulb but now thinking curlique at least on mine which looks exactly like yours.

Probably the same thing with different names.

 

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Keep removal simple as these specimens can multiply in a hurry. Using a syringe or pipette, inject either lemon juice or better yet. . kalkwasser powder mixed with tank water into a paste the consistency of toothpaste and inject into the very center core and it will melt away

Read here: Bellactis Lux
A new species of sea anemone from the family Aiptasiidae based on specimens collected from the Gulf of Mexico (USA: Florida & Alabama). Accounts of this species have been known since the early 1990’s, primarily from an underwater field guide and hobbyist aquarium literature under the name “Lightbulb Anemone.” We describe it as a new species from the genus Bellactis based on anatomy, histology, and cnidom. Members of this species are small in size, with a smooth, typically contracted column divided into regions based on color and bearing rows of two or three elevated cinclides in the mid column. Their tentacles are distinctive, translucent, distally inflated and can be bulbous in shape, with sub annular rings. This description synthesizes information about Bellactis and contextualizes what is known about its diversity in light of other members of the Aiptasiidae.

This species from the TBS farm does not reproduce like Indo aptasia. Verified by local biologists who study them. @jabberwock received one and a year later has one.

 

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I have the same think in mine from Gulf Live Rock. Been debating as well at first was thinking lightbulb but now thinking curlique at least on mine which looks exactly like yours.

Photo of curlique, not from TBS farm. These guys are prevalent south of us.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Read here: Bellactis Lux
A new species of sea anemone from the family Aiptasiidae based on specimens collected from the Gulf of Mexico (USA: Florida & Alabama). Accounts of this species have been known since the early 1990’s, primarily from an underwater field guide and hobbyist aquarium literature under the name “Lightbulb Anemone.” We describe it as a new species from the genus Bellactis based on anatomy, histology, and cnidom. Members of this species are small in size, with a smooth, typically contracted column divided into regions based on color and bearing rows of two or three elevated cinclides in the mid column. Their tentacles are distinctive, translucent, distally inflated and can be bulbous in shape, with sub annular rings. This description synthesizes information about Bellactis and contextualizes what is known about its diversity in light of other members of the Aiptasiidae.

This species from the TBS farm does not reproduce like Indo aptasia. Verified by local biologists who study them. @jabberwock received one and a year later has one.

Im familiar with this anemone and noy convinced on this one however curlique is possible.

 

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Im familiar with this anemone and noy convinced on this one however curlique is possible.

If both @jabberwock photos in this thread are the same anemone, then it is a lightbulb. We have yet to harvest a curlique.

 

[jabberwock]

If both @jabberwock photos in this thread are the same anemone, then it is a lightbulb. We have yet to harvest a curlique.

Yep, same dude.

 

[Aiptaisia anemone]

its a lightbulb anemone it is a type of aiptaisia, probably the same species of curlique, I think i read somewhere that some anemone have gender and female anemone grow large and dont reproduce asexually while male anemones are small and produce asexually. Its prolly a female lightbulb anemone otherwise it would reproduce like aiptaisia.

 

[Hunna’s Stunnas]

Any idea on this little guy?

 

[jabberwock]

Any idea on this little guy?

I think it is a friend, but I would be concerned with it stinging the hammer as it gets bigger.

 

[jabberwock]

Figured I would post a today photo. I increased my flow and it moved to the other side of the rock.